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Building up family farmers’ resilience through nature-based solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean

Resilience has become the talk of the town in the development community.

Tags: CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT, GENDER, MARKET ACCESS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, FARMER ORGANIZATIONS, COVID-19

Blog

Leveraging artificial intelligence: Harnessing big data to improve decision-making

IFAD is the only multilateral development institution exclusively focused on transforming rural economies and food systems to make them more inclusive, productive, resilient and sustainable.

Podcast

Balancing the Pandemic, Biodiversity and Farming - Episode 8

In this month’s programme, we explore how to maintain a balance between battling COVID-19 and promoting farming and biodiversity.

Tags: CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT, FARMER ORGANIZATIONS, COVID-19

Research and data

2019 Rural Development Report

IFAD’s RDR 2019 finds that this enormous rural youth population can pay a rich dividend in terms of social and economic growth – but only if they are given the right opportunities.
IFAD Annual Report 2018

Learn about IFAD's work, investments and results in our 2018 Annual Report.

Events

12 JUN

Farmers on the Frontline - Making digital agriculture work for small-scale farmers and rural transformation in a post-coronavirus world

12 June 2020

07 JUL

Global Model United Nations 2020

07 - 08 July 2020

20 AUG

IFAD and the SDGs

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Building up family farmers’ resilience through nature-based solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean

Leveraging artificial intelligence: Harnessing big data to improve decision-making

Balancing the Pandemic, Biodiversity and Farming - Episode 8

IFAD and COVID-19